4.5   Content Management System

Many definitions may be derived from this concept. Literary Content Management System is a software or web portal which is used to store and manages web document or digital resources.

According to Wikipedia, A content management system (CMS) is a computer application that allows publishing, editing and modifying content, organizing, deleting as well as maintenance from a central interface. Such systems of content management provide procedures to manage workflow in a collaborative environment.

The Content Management System can further be narrowed down to Web Content Management System which is the main focus in this topic.

A web content management system (WCMS) is a software system that provides website authoring, collaboration, and administration tools designed to allow users with little knowledge of web programming languages or mark-up languages to create and manage website content with relative ease. A robust Web Content Management System provides the foundation for collaboration, offering users the ability to manage documents and output for multiple author editing and participation. (Wikipedia, 2014)

     

4.7.1  Examples of web Contents Management Systems

There are many examples of Content Management systems available for use. Some of them open source and some proprietary. The following is a list of popular Web

  • WordPress:  https://wordpress.org/. Most popular Content Management System you can use to create a beautiful website or blog. It is Open Source
  • Joomla! http://www.joomla.org/
  • Drupal: https://www.drupal.org/  is the third most used CMS and originated before WordPress and Joomla. Drupal is an open source content management platform powering millions of websites and applications
  • ExpressionEngine: https://ellislab.com/ is in the top 5 most used CMSs. It is a commercial CMS made by EllisLab.
  • Alfresco: http://www.alfresco.com/ Having open source and proprietary version of the same

Aim: To enable you to Identify and manage different contents management systems

Motivation: To help you manage and retrieve digital resources from content management system

Resources:  Topic 4 notes, List of CMS

Duration: 2 hours

What to do: Use at least two content management systems of your choice

a)      Log into a content management system

b)      Establish the maximum file size each CMS allows and upload a file

c)      Login in Moodle and import a file from content management system

Feedback:  Shared file through forum available for every

Participant to see

Assessment:

Completion of this activity will count towards your course portfolio